上得山多終遇虎

Chinese

		up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	get; obtain; gain get; obtain; gain; proper; suitable; proud; contented; allow; permit; ready; finished; a sentence particle used after a verb to show effect; degree or possibility; to have to; must; ought to; to need to	mountain; hill	many; much; a lot of many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-	end; finish	meet with	tiger
trad. (上得山多終遇虎)		上	得	山	多	終	遇	虎
simp. (上得山多终遇虎)		上	得	山	多	终	遇	虎
Literally: “to go up the mountain often and eventually run into a tiger”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shàng de shān duō zhōng yù hǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄕㄢ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄩˋ ㄏㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁵ dak¹ saan¹ do¹ zung¹ jyu⁶ fu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàng de shān duō zhōng yù hǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄕㄢ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄩˋ ㄏㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shàng de̊ shan duo jhong yù hǔ
    • Wade–Giles: shang⁴ tê⁵ shan¹ to¹ chung¹ yü⁴ hu³
    • Yale: shàng de shān dwō jūng yù hǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanq .de shan duo jong yuh huu
    • Palladius: шан дэ шань до чжун юй ху (šan dɛ šanʹ do čžun juj xu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ d̥ə¹ ʂän⁵⁵ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ y⁵¹ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng⁵ dak¹ saan¹ do¹ zung¹ jyu⁶ fu²
    • Yale: séuhng dāk sāan dō jūng yuh fú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁵ dak⁷ saan¹ do¹ dzung¹ jy⁶ fu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁵ deg¹ san¹ do¹ zung¹ yu⁶ fu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ¹³ tɐk̚⁵ saːn⁵⁵ tɔː⁵⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ jyː²² fuː³⁵/

Idiom

上得山多終遇虎

1. one that often takes risks to do bad things eventually gets into trouble